Evaluating the potential of phenotypic age to enhance cardiovascular risk prediction over chronological age in the UK Biobank by Kristine J. S. Kwan, Shi-Shuai Xie, Hai-Lei Li, Xue-Guang Lin, Yi-Jie Lu, Bo Chen, Kai-Xin Ge, Shu-Ya Tang, Hui Zhang, Shuai Jiang, Jing-Dong Tang

“…Incident CVD occurred at a higher rate in the positive PhenoAgeAccel group (44.8% vs. 33.1%) at a comparatively shorter period (11.2 years vs. 12.4 years). …”
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Evaluation of the Diagnosis and Antibiotic Therapy of Sepsis in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Observational Study by Eszter Varga, Sándor Somodi, Máté Molnár, Dóra Ujvárosy, Krisztina Gaál, Attila Vaskó, Zoltán Szabó, Ildikó Bácskay, István Lekli, Adina Fésüs

“…Guideline-adherent antibiotics may lead to significantly higher survival rate in sepsis.…”
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Regularities of crustal faulting and tectonophysical indicators of fault metastability by Yu. L. Rebetsky

“…The differences in the types of shearing in the sources of weak and strong earthquakes are related to the relationships between three dynamic parameters of the medium: velocity of seismic wave propagation, rate of rupture propagation, and displacement rate of the sides of the fracture. …”
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Development of wireless electronic nose and using of remote monitoring by HU Ying, WANG Jun

“…With sensors and synchronous transport signal increasing, we should pay attention to data accuracy and packet loss rate. This system used the CC2530 chip for 8-way wireless data transmission. …”
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Smartwatch-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment for High-Temporal-Density, Longitudinal Measurement of Alcohol Use (AlcoWatch): Feasibility Evaluation by Chris Stone, Sally Adams, Robyn E Wootton, Andy Skinner

“…ResultsThe compliance rate for all participants who started the study for the smartwatch μEMA method decreased from around 70% in week 1 to 45% in week 12, compared with the online TLFB method which was flatter at around 50% over the 12 weeks. …”
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Dravet Syndrome: A Rare Form of Epilepsy by Salwa Al Hosani, Sona Varghese

“…It is characterized by diverse seizure patterns, cognitive regression, motor impairments, and behavioral abnormalities. …”
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Relationship of psychoalgological status and results of neurosurgical treatment of patients with discogenic radiculopathy by V. I. Leonov, I. O. Kritskaya, D. V. Svistov, E. V. Litvinenko, T. V. Sergeeva, V. V. Flud, M. N. Kravtsov, S. D. Mirzametov, N. P. Alexeyeva, A. Yu. Shcherbuk, Yu. A. Shcherbuk

“…According to the long-term results of neurosurgical treatment, patients were divided into three groups: 1 – with a good result; 2 – patients with a number of preserved complaints, who rated the result of the operation as satisfactory; 3 – unsatisfactory outcome. …”
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What Kind of Information and Communication Technologies Do Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Prefer? An Ecuadorian Cross-Sectional Study by Iván Chérrez-Ojeda, Emanuel Vanegas, Erick Calero, Karin Plaza, Jose A. Cano, Juan Carlos Calderon, Jorge Valdano, Jorge Oswaldo Gutierrez, Jose Guevara

“…The Internet was used by 45.2% of patients to obtain information about diabetes. SMS and email were rated as the most useful ICTs for receiving information (64.5% and 28.1%, resp.) and asking physicians about diabetes (63.8% and 26.1%, resp.). …”
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Perceptual (dis)similarities between colors and emotions: An empirical investigation with the image-based visual corpus analysis approach by Jinmeng Dou, Wenting Xue

“…The results reveal that (i) significant differences exist among the six colors in their effectiveness at capturing affective (dis)similarities among various emotional concepts, as well as in their association strength with the affective domain, and (ii) the valence and arousal ratings of emotion words are significantly correlated to the strength of their associations with five of the six color terms, with the exception of blue. …”
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Short Pharmacogenomic Investigation of COMT rs4680 in Analgesic Needs of Pediatric Patients with Congenital Abnormalities: A Cross-Sectional Study by Kohar Hari Santoso, Anna Surgean Veterini, Retti Kartika Bakti, Khildan Miftahul Firdaus, Bambang Pujo Semedi, Lucky Andriyanto

“…Pain scores were measured using the Wong-Baker Faces Scale and Numeric Rating Scale. Results: Three genotype–phenotype combinations of the COMT rs4680 gene were identified: GG (high activity), AG (intermediate activity), and AA (low activity). …”
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Exploring tomato farmers’ knowledge and adaptation practices to climate change: Insights from Chinsali district, Zambia by Francis Kabwe Mwamba, Lawrencia Taimolo, Shadreck Chinyanta, Joseph Mphande, Enock Siankwilimba, Pharoah Collins Sianangama, Oliver Jolezya Hasimuna

“…While 64.9% of respondents were highly aware of climate change, mainly informed by radio, only 5.5% rated their knowledge as very good. Farmers reported noticeable shifts in temperature and rainfall patterns and relied on measures such as drought-resistant seeds and irrigation systems. …”
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Predictive Modeling of Yoga's Impact on Venous Clinical Severity Scoring Using Gaussian Process Classification and Advanced Optimization Algorithms by Yazdan Ashgevari, Faranak Kazemi

“…The study focuses on individuals diagnosed with VCSS, using machine learning to analyze complex patterns in their clinical severity ratings before and during yoga practice. …”
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Benchmarking Mentorship: Creating and Validating a Quality Scale for ELT Mentors by Ali Kondori, Mitra Zeraatpishe, Hamid Ashraf, Khalil Motallebzadeh

“…The results of the Rasch rating scale model and Cronbach’s alpha indicated that the developed questionnaire had satisfactory validity and reliability indices. …”
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The impact of teaching materials on instructional design and teacher development by Lola Garay Abad, John Hattie

“…Teacher-created materials were rated as most useful (90.1%), and teachers reported high autonomy (94.1%) in selecting and adapting materials — a factor closely tied to increased classroom confidence. …”
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User Preferences of Airbnb Accommodation Spatially in The Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia by Azis Musthofa, Arief Wicaksono, Raden Rijanta

“…Spatially, it shows that Airbnb accommodations in the Jetis and Kraton sub-districts achieve the most favorable ratings for amenities, location, hygiene, host and staff performance, as well as room and toilet conditions. …”
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Consumer preference and food values: can consumers in Tanzania play part in driving a sustainable food system? by Roselyne Alphonce, Yun Yun Gong, Hettie C. Schönfeldt, Lise Korsten

“…A mixed-method approach was employed, including interviews with six key food system actors, two focus group discussions with 16 consumers, and a survey of 750 consumers from urban and rural towns across three regions in Tanzania. Participants rated the importance of 16 food values such as hygiene, nutrition, taste, and price—using the Best-Worst Scaling method. …”
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The other in me: interpersonal multisensory stimulation changes the mental representation of the self. by Ana Tajadura-Jiménez, Stephanie Grehl, Manos Tsakiris

“…Finally, synchronous, as compared to asynchronous, IMS resulted in significant differences in participants' ratings of their experience, but unlike other bodily illusions, positive changes in subjective experience were related to the perceived physical similarity between the two faces, and not to identification.…”
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Enhancing Education with Machine Learning: Predicting Student Readability Scores by Claire Bell

“…The research leverages a dataset of 1,000 English texts to evaluate and compare the performance of RFC, the Sooty Tern Optimization Algorithm (STOA), and the Gold Rush Optimizer (GRO) in predicting readability ratings. Key metrics, including accuracy, precision, and F1-score, are employed to assess and benchmark the models. …”
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Critical review of healthcare financing and a survey of system quality perception among healthcare users in Nigeria (2010-2023). by Blessing Osagumwendia Josiah, Emmanuel Chukwunwike Enebeli, Brontie Albertha Duncan, Prisca Olabisi Adejumo, Chinelo Cleopatra Josiah, Lordsfavour Anukam, Muhammad Baqir Shittu, France Ncube, Kelechi Eric Alimele, Mercy Emmanuel, Oyinye Prosper Martins-Ifeanyi, Fawole Israel Opeyemi, Oluwadamilare Akingbade, Abosede Peace Adebayo, Busiroh Mobolape Ibraheem, Ubiebo Ataisi Ekenekot, Mudiaga Sidney Edafiejire, Solomon Oluwaseun Olukoya, Ufuomaoghene Jemima Mukoro, Siyouneh Baghdasarian, Joy Chioma Obialor, Gloria Oluwakorede Alao, Blessing Onyinye Obialor, Ndidi Louis Otoboyor, Oghosa Gabriel Josiah, Joshua Okonkwo, Precious Ebinehita Imoyera, Ajao Adewale Gbolabo, Blessing Chiamaka Nganwuchu, Olukayode Joseph Oladimeji, Timothy Wale Olaosebikan, Marios Kantaris

“…Results show that the average rating of healthcare experiences did not vary significantly over the last decade. …”
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Examining a brief web and longitudinal app-based intervention [Wysa] for mental health support in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic: mixed-methods retrospective observational... by Chaitali Sinha, Dyuthi Dinesh, Creighton Heaukulani, Ye Sheng Phang

“…Users who used the longitudinal intervention after first using a brief intervention demonstrated significantly higher engagement and retention (P < 0.001). In user ratings received for mindline.sg (n = 8,959), 83.03% rated the app 3 or higher (out of 5) on helpfulness. 91.6% of the users (n = 862) who attempted cognitive restructuring (n = 790) on the app successfully reframed a thought. …”
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